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Chapter 22
1, 2
. See
EGW comment on Matthew 26:3
.
3-5 (
Matthew 26:14-16
;
Mark 14:10, 11
;
John 13:2, 27
).
Christ Purchased by Temple Money
—At the Passover the case
of Judas was decided. Satan took control of heart and mind. He
thought that Christ was either to be crucified, or would have to de-
liver Himself out of the hands of His enemies. At all events, he
would make something out of the transaction, and make a sharp
bargain by betraying his Lord. He went to the priests and offered to
aid them in searching for Him who was accounted the troubler of
Israel. Thus it was that the Lord was sold as a slave, purchased by
the temple money used for the buying of the sacrifices (
The Signs of
the Times, December 17, 1912
).
31, 32
. See
EGW comment on Matthew 16:22, 23
.
31-34 (
Matthew 26:31-35
;
Mark 14:29-31
). Peter Tempted
the Devil
—[
Luke 22:31
quoted.] How true was the Saviour’s friend-
ship for Peter! how compassionate His warning! But the warning
was resented. In self-sufficiency Peter declared confidently that
he would never do what Christ had warned him against. “Lord,”
he said, “I am ready to go with thee to prison and to death.” His
self-confidence proved his ruin. He tempted Satan to tempt him,
and he fell under the arts of the wily foe. When Christ needed him
most, he stood on the side of the enemy, and openly denied his Lord
(
Manuscript 115, 1902
).
39-46
. See
EGW comment on Matthew 26:36-46
.
42 (
Matthew 26:42
;
Mark 14:36
; see
EGW comment on Ro-
mans 8:11
). Father Is Beside Every Struggling Soul
—Christ con-
quered by divine strength, and so must every tempted soul overcome.
God was with Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, and by the ex-
perience of Christ we are to learn to trust our heavenly Father; at
all times and in all places we are to believe that He is tender, true,
and faithful, able to keep that which is committed to His care. In the
agonizing struggle of Christ, our Substitute and Surety, the Father
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